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Shut up and take my money: A working Bluetooth TNG Combadge
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Part of me wonders if you could cheat a bit and put the speaker in say, a tricorder prop.
Looking at the size of the iPhone 15's speakers, I think it might actually be possible to fit it in. You might have to fudge the dimensions a little bit, but I think that could fit in a roughly combadge-sized space. The big question is getting the rest of the electronics to fit.
Sounds like a fun project for self-torture in KiCad.
EDIT: Another option to free up space would be to wear and conceal a throat mic. Heck, combined with the tricorder method, you could basically just make your combadge a glorified button.